If you’re
looking
for hook-laden catchy tunes that you can’t get out of your head,
tunes:
that are rooted in both the classic pop melodies and the studio
production
techniques crafted by the best of what the 1960s had to offer,
especially
the Beatles & the Beach Boys; that are fleshed out with great
arrangements
of the classic rock ensemble which receive enthusiastic performances by
performers that are fully immersed in the material; that are
complemented
by novel and unlikely instrumentations involving toy pianos, jingle
bells,
and the occasional creaky door, yet without any sort of purist
eschewing
of the possibilities offered by modern electronics; and that feature as
well plenty of tasty well-sung harmonies-- well then you need look no
further
for you have found it: the Apples in Stereo.

The Apples in Stereo
catalogue
contains, at the moment, three full-length studio LPs, an equal number
of studio EPs, and a CD of their demos. With the exception of the
demo CD, which is primarily intended for hard-core fans and
completists,
all their releases are uniformly high quality. classic pop albums
in the grand tradition. At the risk of a gross
over-simplification, Fun
Trick Noisemaker (LP) tends toward rocking with a hint of
psychedelia
that becomes full-blown on Her Wallpaper Reverie (EP), which
takes
as its point of departure the Beatles psychedelic period-- most
obviously
on the track "Strawberryfire," which is clearly an homage to
you-know-which
Lennon classic-- and the Beach Boys’ Smile. On the other hand,
the
LPs, Tone Soul Evolution and The Discovery of the World
Inside
the Moone, along with the EPs, Let’s Go-- featuring "Signal
in the Sky", The Power Puff Girls theme song that appears also on that
show’s hit soundtrack-- and Look Away + 4 are, by way of
contrast,
pretty much pure power pop all the way, with a hint of funk starting to
sneak in here and there.

The Copacetic Comics
Company
at present stocks all three LPs and Her Wallpaper Reverie.
The first two LPs-- Fun Trick Noisemaker and Tone Soul
Evolution--are
copacetically priced at $13.98@, while Inside the Moone
is $14.98. Her Wallpaper Reverie is a mere $11.59.

And if you are now,
or are
considering becoming a member of eMusic,
the only real legitimate downloadable music service, you can get their
entire Apples in Stereo
catalogue
with a few clicks. The choice is yours.